Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 12, Kansas City 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, August 23, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Tim Welke, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 30552

The Detroit Tigers broke the game open with a seven-run sixth inning and cruised to a 12-3 victory over the visiting Kansas Royals on Monday night.

Ryan Raburn, Jhonny Peralta, and Brandon Inge knocked in three runs apiece and four different Tigers (62-63) had at least two hits.

Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman (7-9) went six innings, allowing two earned runs and striking out three and snapping a personal three-game losing streak.

Kansas City starter Bruce Chen (8-7) allowed five earned runs over 4 1/3 innings, and Jesse Chavez was battered for the seven runs in the sixth out of the bullpen.

The Royals (52-73), which tacked on a run in the ninth, had 10 hits but was just 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Detroit
Bruce Chen Player Jeremy Bonderman
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 6.0
2 Strikeouts 3
5 Hits 8
10.38 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Kansas City   Detroit
Yuniesky Betancourt Player Ryan Raburn
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 3
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 11 0 13 .306 14 3 3 0 0 2
Detroit 12 0 16 .364 18 6 12 10 0 0